A reporter had a question for the two men. “Is it an exclusive kind of a partnership?” he asked. Micheál Martin was side-by-side with his new political inamorato, Colum Eastwood, leader of the SDLP. With all the cross-party truces, entanglements, alliances and groupings in Leinster House and beyond, the island of Ireland can at times resemble Love Island, although thankfully without the participants running about in their togs. The trouble for Mr Martin is that he is…

Source: The Times January 25, 2019 00:06 UTC